2022 · BullRES + NR

Unit 44 elk,All of Unit 44.

Season Any Weapon Oct 15–Nov 10·Units: 44·200 tags in 2026·Who can apply: residents and nonresidents

Odds for:Nonresident · 0 pts

Answer card2026 draw · Nonresident

200 tags, 2,361 applied, 8% drew in 2026. 43rd hardest of 300 Idaho elk draws in 2026.

Draw result · 2026

20 of 372 drew

Harvest success

43–54%

Range, 2023–2025

Tags · 2026

200

Bulls / 100 cows

Smoky-Bennett, 2015

Draw results · whole hunt

Year	Who	Applicants	Drew
2026	Nonresident	372	20
2026	Resident	1,989	180

Idaho prints whole-hunt figures, not results by point level.

Draw history

Year	Who	Draw	Applicants	Drew	Share drawn
2026	Nonresident	20 of 372 drew	372	20	5%
2026	Resident	180 of 1,989 drew	1,989	180	9%
2025	Nonresident	20 of 278 drew	278	20	7%
2025	Resident	180 of 1,831 drew	1,831	180	10%
2024	Nonresident	12 of 189 drew	189	12	6%
2024	Resident	113 of 1,164 drew	1,164	113	10%
2023	Nonresident	12 of 202 drew	202	12	6%
2023	Resident	113 of 1,253 drew	1,253	113	9%
2022	Nonresident	5 of 98 drew	98	5	5%
2022	Resident	45 of 215 drew	215	45	21%
2021	Nonresident	5 of 94 drew	94	5	5%
2021	Resident	45 of 201 drew	201	45	22%
2020	Nonresident	5 of 74 drew	74	5	7%
2020	Resident	45 of 290 drew	290	45	16%
2019	Nonresident	5 of 145 drew	145	5	3%
2019	Resident	45 of 262 drew	262	45	17%
2018	Nonresident	1 of 91 drew	91	1	1%
2018	Resident	9 of 481 drew	481	9	2%
2017	Nonresident	1 of 64 drew	64	1	2%
2017	Resident	9 of 495 drew	495	9	2%
2016	Nonresident	17 of 233 drew	233	17	7%
2016	Resident	158 of 1,504 drew	1,504	158	11%
2015	Nonresident	17 of 203 drew	203	17	8%
2015	Resident	158 of 1,320 drew	1,320	158	12%
2014	Nonresident	1 of 40 drew	40	1	3%
2014	Resident	9 of 357 drew	357	9	3%
2013	Nonresident	1 of 33 drew	33	1	3%
2013	Resident	9 of 328 drew	328	9	3%
2012	Nonresident	0 of 35 drew	35	0	<1%
2012	Resident	10 of 312 drew	312	10	3%
2011	Nonresident	1 of 41 drew	41	1	2%
2011	Resident	9 of 344 drew	344	9	3%
2010	Nonresident	10 of 96 drew	96	10	10%
2010	Resident	90 of 1,149 drew	1,149	90	8%
2009	Nonresident	1 of 7 drew	7	1	14%
2009	Resident	9 of 110 drew	110	9	8%
2008	Nonresident	1 of 14 drew	14	1	7%
2008	Resident	9 of 151 drew	151	9	6%
2007	Nonresident	0 of 7 drew	7	0	<1%
2007	Resident	10 of 137 drew	137	10	7%
2006	Nonresident	1 of 11 drew	11	1	9%
2006	Resident	9 of 166 drew	166	9	5%
2005	Nonresident	5 of 37 drew	37	5	14%
2005	Resident	45 of 316 drew	316	45	14%
2004	Nonresident	2 of 19 drew	19	2	11%
2004	Resident	48 of 295 drew	295	48	16%
2003	Nonresident	5 of 29 drew	29	5	17%
2003	Resident	45 of 278 drew	278	45	16%
2002	Nonresident	5 of 27 drew	27	5	19%
2002	Resident	45 of 292 drew	292	45	15%
2001	Nonresident	2 of 19 drew	19	2	11%
2001	Resident	48 of 290 drew	290	48	17%
2000	Nonresident	3 of 32 drew	32	3	9%
2000	Resident	47 of 355 drew	355	47	13%

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What it is

Hunt: All of Unit 44.
Weapon: Any Weapon
Tags: 200 (2026)
Who can apply: Residents and nonresidents

Season dates, 2026

Any Weapon: Oct 15–Nov 10

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Harvest success, 2022

2001–2025

0152%0633%1170%1654%2141%2554%

2025: 103 taken by 190 hunters.

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Before you apply

Tag fee: “Elk 651.75”
Tag fee: “Elk 30.75 36.75”
Points: “Controlled hunts have a limited number of tags that are issued by a random drawing.”

Rules for 2026.

Source: IDFG · Updated Nov 13, 2026